Sale reports / Tennessee / McMinnville Livestock Auction / 2020-03-05

McMinnville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · McMinnville, Tennessee · Thu, Mar 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2079
Receipts
1,015 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 1,036▲ 1,015 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Cattle consisted of Black, Black white face and Char cross steers and heifers. Cattle weighted in.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.73/cwt on 458 head.
Average price
$126.73
458 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$2.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.48
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593128.05759254
Medium and Large 2-3557125.09697204
One grade step is worth $2.95/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale458 hd
126.73
—
TN average12 barns · 2,127 hd
126.25
+0.48
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3280172.00/cwt172.00–172.004822
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3340169.00/cwt169.00–169.005751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375170.48/cwt169.00–171.006394
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3382170.72/cwt168.00–171.0065210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429168.16/cwt159.00–174.0072110
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3434161.27/cwt159.00–162.007004
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3476148.28/cwt138.00–153.5070615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482163.67/cwt156.00–165.0078921
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3500145.00/cwt145.00–145.007251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527153.10/cwt143.00–155.0080719
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3559153.27/cwt134.00–155.0085757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582144.67/cwt139.00–145.5084256
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3628138.50/cwt138.50–138.508702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630139.16/cwt130.50–142.2587727
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3657136.35/cwt133.00–136.5089623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667135.12/cwt134.00–135.2590178
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3759121.49/cwt117.00–123.0092212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2789122.76/cwt118.00–123.7596941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2809119.00/cwt119.00–119.009635
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,010104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,0551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3247153.00/cwt153.00–153.003783
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3333140.00/cwt140.00–140.004663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378140.00/cwt140.00–140.0052914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386137.00/cwt137.00–137.0052910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3423134.18/cwt131.00–135.0056816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429135.00/cwt135.00–135.0057911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3486132.97/cwt124.00–135.0064633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2487136.22/cwt130.00–137.7566331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534135.04/cwt122.00–139.0072145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3540128.50/cwt128.50–128.506944
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3555128.00/cwt128.00–128.0071060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588134.93/cwt133.00–135.2579349
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635111.50/cwt111.50–111.507083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2644119.00/cwt119.00–119.0076610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653121.66/cwt119.00–122.0079464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3660113.50/cwt113.50–113.5074954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2761111.21/cwt102.00–111.5084634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3765107.14/cwt101.00–110.0082013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-385094.50/cwt94.50–94.508031

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.